Although babies can be completely safe and comfortable in their cribs without any extra items, many companies promote pillows for young babies and newborns. They're often said to help prevent "flat ...

Safe sleep for babies involves putting them on their backs in a crib without pillows, bumpers, or blankets. That’s still the case even if a pillow is marketed for babies, and even if it says it ...

Topping the list of rules for new parents is that you should always put babies to sleep on their back, on a firm, flat surface, free of soft bedding, pillows, or padding. That advice saves lives: ...

Parents should not use infant head shaping pillows to change a baby’s head shape or symmetry, the Food and Drug Administration advised on Thursday. The agency warned that these products can create an ...

Does your baby sleep with a so-called “head-shaping pillow”? It’s time to toss that thing to the curb, according to new guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In a warning issued ...

The FDA is warning that parents should not use head-shaping pillows for infants. The head-shaping pillow is designed so that infants do not end up with “flat head” syndrome. But the pillow can lead to ...

The safety alert applies to babies less than a year old and concerns a range of similar products including exhaust pillows, and baby comfort cushions, that the Office for Product Safety and Standards ...

What Is a Nursing Pillow? Nursing pillows — also called feeding pillows or breastfeeding pillows — are an essential part of nursing supplies that a new mother will need. They are designed to make ...